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Battery Life

Hi Ladies and Gents-I am having the WORST time finding a solution to my battery life problem. I've even goten a replacement device from AT&T in case it was an internal problem.
Sitting idle during the day except for the device checking email every hour, a text here and there, and an occasional 5 minute phone call; my Tilt ends up at 20% at the end of an eight-hour work day.
Others have indicated that they've had upwards of 70% battery at the end of the day, with much more device use!
I've had the battery tested at Batteries Plus, and they conclude there are no bad cells nor leakage.
I live in the Indianapolis area and am using Radio 1.64.08.21 and Utty's April 29th Hybrid ROM if that's useful information.
I also use GPS golf software, but can only last 8 or 9 holes. It's madening!
Can someone help?
Thanks....

i think you answered your own question. the gps drains the battery like crazy

sd73ta said:
i think you answered your own question. the gps drains the battery like crazy
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I agree...gps is a killer

sd73ta said:
i think you answered your own question. the gps drains the battery like crazy
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Thanks, but I thought about that. The other folk have the same device and use their GPS actively without disabling when not in use...

maiahsdad said:
Thanks, but I thought about that. The other folk have the same device and use their GPS actively without disabling when not in use...
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Well, if you leave the program running in the background instead of closing it, then it will continue to actively use the GPS. In which case 8 hours would be a good battery life. Try actually exiting the programs that use GPS when you are not using them to see if that affects the battery life. Some roms will kill the program if you click the X in the corner, and others only minimize it. Just a thought.

skatdawg said:
Well, if you leave the program running in the background instead of closing it, then it will continue to actively use the GPS. In which case 8 hours would be a good battery life. Try actually exiting the programs that use GPS when you are not using them to see if that affects the battery life. Some roms will kill the program if you click the X in the corner, and others only minimize it. Just a thought.
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Obviously, your not just complaining about battery life on the golf course. That does sound like abnormal battery drain during a regular day. I had the same problem when I had push email active.
I hard reset , reloaded all my programs without push email , and my battery life was back to crappy normal. 100% to warning popup in about 24 hours.
The push email was keeping Edge connected all day despite my settings in Kaiser tweaks/Advance Config.

skatdawg said:
Well, if you leave the program running in the background instead of closing it, then it will continue to actively use the GPS. In which case 8 hours would be a good battery life. Try actually exiting the programs that use GPS when you are not using them to see if that affects the battery life. Some roms will kill the program if you click the X in the corner, and others only minimize it. Just a thought.
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Thanks for the thoughts. I appreciate all of you input. This is exactly the first thing I did when I noticed the drain. I set my preferences to "CLose Programs When Tapping X". I also double-check with the "running programs" tab in the top, right corner of the Today screen. At least I feel good about trying the right things to help my situation.
I'm thankful for any and all input. I hopefully will find a solution soon.

denco7 said:
I had the same problem when I had push email active.
The push email was keeping Edge connected all day despite my settings in Kaiser tweaks/Advance Config.
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Thanks so much for you input. Now... I'm using the email setup program that came with the ROM. I set up my POP 3 account (somehow it reverted to IMAP but still works) with SBCGlobal and all works well. but what I DON'T know is if this is PUSH mail. Not familiar with how it works exactly.

i would never use the GPS unless its pluged in...

In the car gps on, I leave plugged in
I also use gps today, cool little program too.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=370384
Listening to music via bluetooth and leaving gps on all day will kill the battery. 4 hours at best.
I charge at my desk and listen to bloototh music, (people think just an IT guy with bluetooth ear piece)
Charge in the car Listen to music, GPS and take calls.
I try to stay above 50% on battery if I can, just in case I want to flash a new rom when I get home.

ChInEsE ChIcKeN said:
i would never use the GPS unless its pluged in...
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If IT refers to the GPS being plugged in... Uh... it's integrated. But if you mean the DEVICE being plugged into a charger... that's not possible if I'm outside of the vehicle. And for my golfing program, carts don't have chargers (I usually walk anyways).
But there's definitely something going on that's eating my battery.....
I appreciate all of the comments thus far.

Hi maiahsdad,
It was me who was getting 70% at the end of a day, what can I say, not anymore... I don't know what the problem is - but i was using the same configuration (Leos V7 with included radio). last week the percentage was falling in front of my eyes... i didn't know what to do, flashed again and again different roms and radios, still no god results. I'm now on Leos v8 light with SPB Shell on top of it, but am not happy with my battery life AT ALL... 7% of battary gone in standby overnight - used to be 3%. the only thing is I have BT onn at all times.
looking for a solution....

slovoflud said:
Hi maiahsdad,
It was me who was getting 70% at the end of a day, what can I say, not anymore... I don't know what the problem is - but i was using the same configuration (Leos V7 with included radio). last week the percentage was falling in front of my eyes... i didn't know what to do, flashed again and again different roms and radios, still no god results. I'm now on Leos v8 light with SPB Shell on top of it, but am not happy with my battery life AT ALL... 7% of battary gone in standby overnight - used to be 3%. the only thing is I have BT onn at all times.
looking for a solution....
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Hi slovoflud, you could try to remove spb shell and see if it is eating up your battery. I used to install it but now no more and I noticed some improvement in battery life. The radio included is the best IMHO in terms of battery life.

dereknas said:
Hi slovoflud, you could try to remove spb shell and see if it is eating up your battery. I used to install it but now no more and I noticed some improvement in battery life. The radio included is the best IMHO in terms of battery life.
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are you talking about V7 or V8 ?

I'm using V7. I have not tried V8 yet because I'm waiting for V9 but I would think that V8 should perform the same.

slovoflud said:
are you talking about V7 or V8 ?
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I've found V7 & V8 to be refreshingly light on battery usage with the 1.58*** ROM that was found to work.

denco7 said:
The push email was keeping Edge connected all day despite my settings in Kaiser tweaks/Advance Config.
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I ran some tests - which I have a hard time believing - on Push on/off and the Kaiser Tweak settings for a constant connection. The tests were run over three evenings (so I was sure I was not using the phone for calls or data sessions). I found that having push on, off or the Kaiser Tweak settings for disconnect after 1 minute or constant on made no difference. Obviously, if you get a bunch of email from the Push connection, that will make a difference but my intent was to check to see if the persistent data connection made a difference in battery life; it did not.
The reason I did this I found that the Kaiser Tweak setting for automatic disconnect prevents simultaneous data and voice connections in HSDPA mode; which is key benefit to using HSDPA, at least for me.
Like I stated; results I have a hard time buying but I have repeated the tests with the same outcome.
As a result, I just leave the Kaiser Tweak setting at constant data connection and turn Push Email on when I need it (usually during the work day when I am out of the office).

slovoflud said:
are you talking about V7 or V8 ?
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Thanks to both of you. Is there a cab for V8 that I can download. I don't have it currently so I KNOW that it's not causing my battery life problem. But I would like to try the cab.
Thanks.

maiahsdad said:
Thanks to both of you. Is there a cab for V8 that I can download. I don't have it currently so I KNOW that it's not causing my battery life problem. But I would like to try the cab.
Thanks.
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=400118
over there

I have to kind of disagree with the whole push email thing draining battery. Yes it makes sense but heres my scenario
I'm using Dutty's Diamond V1 ROM
Radio: 1.65.16.25
I'm using Windows Live for my Hotmail acct. which pushes my email
I have Blackberry Connect software from 3 other email accts. for my job
Always using H signal 3.5g speed
Bluetooth stays on even though I don't use it because I find that I save battery life when I keep it on.
Yesterday I charged my phone it was at 100 percent in the morning. Haven't charged it since and right now 3:00 pm eastern time my battery is at 64 % casual use. Which is by far the most pnenominal life I'd had. I'm going to see how long it'll last before it dies.

3g Data our real battery drain culprit?

So i was doing some messing around and i found that on my phone if i leave data enabled i get ridiculous battery drain while using the phone. Just enabling data and downloading an app of the market dropped me 3%. now if i have 3g data off i get maybe 1-3% drain per hour while using the phone. maybe its just me but i think its 3g data thats draining our battery more then it is the super amoled display.

Yes, 3g data drains the battery. Use the power control widget to turn that, and GPS, off while your not using it. Your battery life will be much better at the expense of things like weather widgets not updating and contacts not syncing.
Now, does this really need to be in the development section??? Come on man, post in general or Q/A or somewhere where it would make sense to post!!!

benjio12 said:
Yes, 3g data drains the battery. Use the power control widget to turn that, and GPS, off while your not using it. Your battery life will be much better at the expense of things like weather widgets not updating and contacts not syncing.
Now, does this really need to be in the development section??? Come on man, post in general or Q/A or somewhere where it would make sense to post!!!
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FYI the power control widget does not have the option to disable 3g data

benjio12 said:
Yes, 3g data drains the battery. Use the power control widget to turn that, and GPS, off while your not using it. Your battery life will be much better at the expense of things like weather widgets not updating and contacts not syncing.
Now, does this really need to be in the development section??? Come on man, post in general or Q/A or somewhere where it would make sense to post!!!
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Yes i know it drains battery but this seems to be excessive compared to other phones ive had (palm pre,htc hero,tmobile g1). Also if there was a Q/A section i would of put it there hehe maybe we can get a mod to make one.

greatzak said:
FYI the power control widget does not have the option to disable 3g data
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where can i turn off 3g?

I noticed the same thing with my phone. It seem when u do anything regarding the 3G your battery gets murdered. Yesterday i was noticing a 10% an hour battery drain with very little use. Over 5 hours i probably sent/received 4 or 5 text and talked for 4 minutes. Today using Juice Defender i noticed much better performance. Maybe only 4% drain with the same amount of usage.
Hopefully this gets addressed by either samsung or the amazing devs around here.

koolhand79 said:
I noticed the same thing with my phone. It seem when u do anything regarding the 3G your battery gets murdered. Yesterday i was noticing a 10% an hour battery drain with very little use. Over 5 hours i probably sent/received 4 or 5 text and talked for 4 minutes. Today using Juice Defender i noticed much better performance. Maybe only 4% drain with the same amount of usage.
Hopefully this gets addressed by either samsung or the amazing devs around here.
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awesome glad im not the only one with excessive drain from 3g

So how do you disable 3g manually?

I recommend Power Control Plus from the Market.
It allows you to make power widgets including 3G data, SD Card Scan, and a working flashlight app!

http://www.anandtech.com/show/3891/samsung-epic-4g-review-the-fastest-android-phone/8
Those battery life numbers dont look good...

Geez, I just looked at that battery review. The review does look bad. I get pretty good battery life on my phone. 10+ hours yesterday with heavy media streaming, talk time, playing games & browsing the internet.

Power Control doesnt work for our phones(at least for me), failing to control 4G & 3G.. something is amiss.. doesnt even notice that i have 4G hardware

Try juice defender, turns off data whenever u shut the screen
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Isnt there a serious delay when restarting 3G on that setting?.. not only that.. but everytime my screen is on, i dont want 3G running, sometimes im gaming, or doing other none internet related things.
Is there a 3G on demand button in juice or ultimate juice? ie.. only waking if prompted by a service needing the net?

Phen0m said:
Isnt there a serious delay when restarting 3G on that setting?.. not only that.. but everytime my screen is on, i dont want 3G running, sometimes im gaming, or doing other none internet related things.
Is there a 3G on demand button in juice or ultimate juice? ie.. only waking if prompted by a service needing the net?
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Lol
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MZWiZard said:
Lol
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so helpful

yes theres a widget that you can use to toggle data on juice defender. you can turn data on , off, or turn it on and have juice defender control it.

2.0t03speed said:
yes theres a widget that you can use to toggle data on juice defender. you can turn data on , off, or turn it on and have juice defender control it.
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Thank you kind sir

No problem glad to help.
Sent from my Epic 4G

No you can't shut off 3g the software wont let you
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[Q] Longer Battery Life?

Hello there! Newbie here.
I recently purchased the Optimus 3d and was amazed how poor the battery life is. I must have charged it 4 times in the past day alone! Is there anything I can do to make the battery life last longer?
Any new/better batteries on the market? Or can I change the settings somehow on the device to make it last longer?
Sorry if it's a ridiculous question, i've only had the phone since Saturday so still getting to grips with it.
If anyone can help it'll be much appreciated

cmpunk86 said:
Hello there! Newbie here.
I recently purchased the Optimus 3d and was amazed how poor the battery life is. I must have charged it 4 times in the past day alone! Is there anything I can do to make the battery life last longer?
Any new/better batteries on the market? Or can I change the settings somehow on the device to make it last longer?
Sorry if it's a ridiculous question, i've only had the phone since Saturday so still getting to grips with it.
If anyone can help it'll be much appreciated
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You can try to use an apps called "Juice Defender".

superage said:
You can try to use an apps called "Juice Defender".
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Deffo a good app i use it all the time now i have to have this program installed lol..

Meemo23 said:
Deffo a good app i use it all the time now i have to have this program installed lol..
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Enjoy.
Camp on 2G only would extend your battery 25%. Why?
3G network required force location update every 1 hour. This is known standard.
The timer called T3212.
2G network also having this procedure for every 4 hours.
When we are on 2G network also will have better DRX (discontinues RX) function.
Our phone will listen to BCH (broadcast channel), in some way but not so frequent compare with BCH on 3G.
My preferences:
1. 2G only. (Extend 25%)
2. Switch off data connection, WIFI, GPS, Bluetooth, if you do not use it.
3. Set screen brightness 10-30%.
4. Use widget only when you need it.
5. When you switch data connection ON or WIFI ON, you also need to install AdAway. Ads will eat up your battery too. Eliminating Ads would be great.
Hope this one helps.
I think "Juice Defender" seems to be ultimate solution for almost everyone to manage their battery life.
I also have an habit when charging the battery.
1. I always charge my phone when battery level < 30%
2. I charge it when my phone on.
3. When reach > 95% (or may be already 100%). I switch off my phone.
4. Wait for 1 hour. Keep the charger connected.
5. Switch on my phone again. Keep the charger connected.
6. Wait for 10 minutes. It would be 100% full and check the voltage > 4150 mAH.
7. Then I unplug the charger.
See the differences by yourself.

You may also reduce the display brightness and set it to auto mode,change the animations from all to some,reduce also the screen timeout,disable the haptic feedback of the touch buttons.

Update to V21E ASAP

Thank you superage for that tips. I'm using v21e and the last Promethius pack from Samno (kernel and rom) and the life baterry is more than ok, but with 3G on, lots of wifi and data usage... I will try your methods to improve the life of the battery.
Sent from my LG-P920

16 hours and 60percent battery. Checking for GC by ringing the phone randomly, browsing, facebook, backup files installation through TB etc and still going strong. Tons of widgets on desktop like battery, Diagnosis pro showing realtime memory, cpu, Dl/UL speed, SD r/w @ 1 sec update. Elixer icons showing bat temp, sd internal/external remaining sizes, xboxlive friends list etc. This setup would last about 18 hours and battery would die but with new rom its going strong
On V20F UAE/ Samno's promethius rom for v20f @ 1.35ghz/196mhz
Finally we have a good phone almost dont want to change it for SGIII anymore

sak500 said:
16 hours and 60percent battery. Checking for GC by ringing the phone randomly, browsing, facebook, backup files installation through TB etc and still going strong. Tons of widgets on desktop like battery, Diagnosis pro showing realtime memory, cpu, Dl/UL speed, SD r/w @ 1 sec update. Elixer icons showing bat temp, sd internal/external remaining sizes, xboxlive friends list etc. This setup would last about 18 hours and battery would die but with new rom its going strong
On V20F UAE/ Samno's promethius rom for v20f @ 1.35ghz/196mhz
Finally we have a good phone almost dont want to change it for SGIII anymore
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That's incredible. Do you leave on data-connection? Because I can reach only 14 hours with an whole charge.
Sgnao
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sgnao said:
That's incredible. Do you leave on data-connection? Because I can reach only 14 hours with an whole charge.
Sgnao
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No i dont use data connection but my desktop is filled with widgets as attached.

There's 3500mha batteries with replacement back on Ebay going for dirt cheap. You might want to look at all the background services running and turn off what you don't need, stuff like auto synch and the extra network options.
Trial and error will get you a bit more out of the existing battery.

Why dont you come with Cyanogenmod 7.2 RC2 released in May ? This one excellent coz you can prevent Ads
And dont use Advanced Task Killer I highly recommend you

my advise
hello,
in my opinion you must buy another battery, because software you can't do too much.
Look on obostore.com for battery ANDIDA 1980mA, bring too your phone 25-30% battery time ...
have a good night...

Battery issue

I had battery saver installed and seemed to do great work but when uninstalled, my tablet's battery doesn't last more than 30 mins and it got much slower too. No virus was detected from CM though.
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SlimShady08 said:
I had battery saver installed and seemed to do great work but when uninstalled, my tablet's battery doesn't last more than 30 mins and it got much slower too. No virus was detected from CM though.
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It can be due to many reasons. Firstly, there can be many heavy ram consuming apps running in background. Try to close them. Keep the brightness of screen low. Keep Wifi and Other data connections off when not needed. You can also turn off auto-rotation. This will increase your battery backup to a considerable amount.
Incase, it doesn't makes much of a difference, you should buy a new battery !

AbhiLP said:
It can be due to many reasons. Firstly, there can be many heavy ram consuming apps running in background. Try to close them. Keep the brightness of screen low. Keep Wifi and Other data connections off when not needed. You can also turn off auto-rotation. This will increase your battery backup to a considerable amount.
Incase, it doesn't makes much of a difference, you should buy a new battery !
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This isnt a battery save issue. When it reaches like 92% it instantly goes to 56 and at about 51% it goes like 15% or less, or it may even go from 54% instantly to zero. How can i possibly change battery? Its a tablet. How can i open it? If taken for service will they accept it? Its rooted.

SlimShady08 said:
This isnt a battery save issue. When it reaches like 92% it instantly goes to 56 and at about 51% it goes like 15% or less, or it may even go from 54% instantly to zero. How can i possibly change battery? Its a tablet. How can i open it? If taken for service will they accept it? Its rooted.
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I'm sorry. I didn't read your question properly.
Keeping in mind what you're saying, it seems like a "Failing Battery" . Tablet batteries can be changed but you will have to unroot first or the people at service center won't accept your device. So, unroot first and then go to service center.

AbhiLP said:
I'm sorry. I didn't read your question properly.
Keeping in mind what you're saying, it seems like a "Failing Battery" . Tablet batteries can be changed but you will have to unroot first or the people at service center won't accept your device. So, unroot first and then go to service center.
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last question then i hit thanks . There is no way i can possibly fix it without getting a new battery?

SlimShady08 said:
last question then i hit thanks . There is no way i can possibly fix it without getting a new battery?
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Frankly speaking, No.I think you should get a new battery because a bad battery can be really-really dangerous !

SlimShady08 said:
Thanks a lot, i will go as soon as possible
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Happy to help !

S6 Battery Life - Terrible

I've been using the TMO S6 for a couple weeks and my battery life is terrible.
I have used greenery to hibernate everything I can, but as you can see in the attached picture the Android system is running overtime. I am lucky if I get 4 hrs of battery time. I also have the screen brightness set to less than 50%.
Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated!

Myta said:
I've been using the TMO S6 for a couple weeks and my battery life is terrible.
I have used greenery to hibernate everything I can, but as you can see in the attached picture the Android system is running overtime. I am lucky if I get 4 hrs of battery time. I also have the screen brightness set to less than 50%.
Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated!
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I have no idea why google thought it was a good idea to make battery stats less accessible in kitkat and above, so it's hard to find what causes it. It's probably easiest to factory reset and start clean and then start adding a few apps at a time, to see if you have one misbehaving one

Thanks. I am able to see the apps and utilization using gsam battery app, but unable to look at which android system apps are draining/running, as per the picture.

Turn off WiFi calling and voLte

Myta said:
Thanks. I am able to see the apps and utilization using gsam battery app, but unable to look at which android system apps are draining/running, as per the picture.
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The problem is that when app X hold a wakelock it doesn't show up under app X but under Android System!

I agree, battery life in general is a huge step back from the S5.

guaneet said:
Turn off WiFi calling and voLte
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Factory reset then do these two. Also, disable T-Mobile bloat then use Greenify or Shut App.
I can get about a day and a half or two days battery with very minimal use. Don't expect to get more than 4 hours screen on time with this phone. Average is probably around 3.5-4.5 hours but you SHOULD get at least a full day's use with it.

Wifi calling pretty important for some of us

Hi guys I'm using s6 for few days ...battery drains too quickly. ..pls help me need help ...after one call or one song battery drains 2-3% ...I'm too upset pls temme what to do ...would be great if ul help